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Thursday, March 7, 2013

molecular, bedeviled

Welcome, all, to Poetry Friday! It's March 8, a date which has been International Women's Day since 1911. If you've never explored the history, get it here.

I had planned to go broadly international for you today with a few poems from women around the world, but then something less exotic yet somehow more universal caught my eye. It's in the title; it's in the way we all comb our hair and dreams sift out; it's in the way nothing is very serious and yet we all worry about forgetting the way home.

In
case it's possible that anyone has missed the March 1 launch of the new Poetry
Friday Anthology, Middle
School edition, please visit the blog to learn more. I'm
delighted to be included in yet another stellar
collection of work for children and teachers to enjoy together.

I'll
be rounding up in three waves today and look forward to seeing what everybody's
been up to while
I was "resting." Please leave your links in the comments (since me and Mr.
Linky have yet to get it on).

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Margaret is doing the Slice of Life Challenge at the Two Writing
Teachers, and her students are, too. Her post is a little haiku inspired by
"I Haiku You" by Betsy Snider and the comment exchange with one of her
students.

Laura Shovan concludes her fascinating postcard project today with a truly international post at Author Amok, coming to us from AWP in Boston. Congratulations on finishing your 44-poem project, Laura!

Laura Salas shares "Ordinary," a cinquain about a pencil which, I believe, was one of the very first poems I ever wrote in 2nd grade. I'm sure Laura's is much better, and it comes with a video poem-starter, which we never had in 1971.

Joy joins in with a spring poem (lucky Arizona duck) and a PFAMS t-shirt! Must get one of those for sure....

Diane has her usual multiple musings up at Random Noodling (haiku), at Kurious Kitty (Elizabeth Barrett Browning) and KK's Kwotes (Browning again, as part of a month of quotes from women). Again, apologies for the mislink, Diane.

Anastasia shares Do You Have a Dog? by Eileen Spinelli at Booktalking. Hooray for women poets indeed!

From Lorie Ann we have a new haiku at Winged Words, and at Readertotz a video moment with Paul Simon at Julio down at the schoolyard on Sesame Street!

Lorie Ann's good friend Dia joins us this afternoon with a Lightning Dance , which is just perfect since I'm rearranging furniture for a seriously moonlit dance party tomorrow evening. 49 is the new 21, says the birthday girl.

Now, is 5:00 too early for a cocktail? Not, I think, on Poetry Friday, especially when I've had a visit from M.M. Socks, also known as Alvaro Salinas, Jr.....AGAINST WHOM I AM PITTED in Round 1 of the MMPT!!! Nice to hear from you, MM--I'm gonna knock your socks right off, my friend.

I'll check back in one more time this evening, folks. For now, it's time to make my own proper rounds to all your intriguing posts.

Closing us down this evening are Betsy from a beautiful day in Michigan who shares a dandelion poem at Teaching Young Writers, and Janet with a review of Words, Wit and Wonder, a kids' guide to writing your own poem at All About the Books.

Thanks for hosting Heidi. I'm not sure what to think about your poem. Is it about this young girl, venturing out, growing self-aware (in a more adult way)? Or is it the environment linking itself to someone young, alert? Thank you for sharing such an unusual poem. My link today is a poem for children, or perhaps teachers, then children. http://teacherdance.blogspot.com/2013/03/double-duty-on-fridays-8-of-31poetry.html

Hello there Heidi, thanks so much for hosting this week. I'm in this week with some love for ee cummings (somewhere i have never traveled). http://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/poetry-friday-somewhere-i-have-never-traveled/

And yes, happy international women's day!The Poetry Friday anthology, Middle School edition sounds like something we should have here in Singapore! Will definitely check it out. :)

What a stunning poem, Heidi. Thank you for sharing that and for hosting Poetry Friday.

Today I'm featuring Stephen Cahill, the winner of the 2012 March Madness Poetry Tournament. Stephen has done a video of one of his winning MM poems, "Girlzilla Gorilla," and lets us know how he plans to take us all down this year!http://www.nowaterriver.com/poetry-friday-girlzilla-gorilla-by-stephen-w-cahill/

Hmmm. Am I the first? I hope this is the right spot for a link to my poem today "May I Have a Word?" in preparation for the MMPoetry2013 Tournament. http://mainelywrite.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-i-have-word.html

Thanks for hosting today...and marking Women's History month! At A Teaching Life I have a poem about daughters and too-quick hugs:http://tmsteach.blogspot.com/2013/03/poetry-fridayslice-of-life-challenge-8.html

Good morning, Heidi! Welcome back and thanks for hosting Poetry Friday today. To me, the poem you posted has almost a haunting quality to it and then it turns more light-hearted in the third stanza. Love the persona(s) of the trees. Great choice.

Speaking of persona, today, in celebration of the release of GONE FISHING A Novel in Verse I’m sharing “The One That Got Away,” a poem I wrote that didn’t make the final cut.http://tamerawillwissinger.squarespace.com/the-writers-whimsy/2013/3/8/gone-fishing-on-poetry-friday-the-one-that-got-away.html

Happy International Women's Day! And thanks for hosting the roundup today. I'm sharing a couple poems from the Feb 2013 issue of Ladybug Magazine, including one of mine :) http://kerryaradhya.blogspot.com/2013/03/poetry-friday-fun-with-ladybug-magazine.html

Wow, what an impressive crew gathering here today and what a powerful, tingly poem to showcase, Heidi. Extra thanks for the plug for our new middle school Poetry Friday anthology. You're the best. We've got a contest for a free book going at that blog (PFAMS.blogspot.com) and are featuring wordplay by J Patrick Lewis at PoetryFridayAnthology.Blogspot.com Thanks for hosting, Heidi!

Heidi, I am a former elementary teacher of thirty-three years, children's poet, and performer. I would love to send you some poetry quotes and poems. Could you please send me your email address. And, incidentally, your blog is lovely.

Thanks for hosting on what is a beautiful day here in Michigan! All the sun inspired me to write a poem about a dandelion, which has been happening a lot lately. Thanks again.http://teachingyoungwriters.blogspot.com/2013/03/dandelion.html